Grating device.



'E.SHIPP. GRATING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1m.

Patented'Jan.12,1915.

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EMMA SHIPP, OF FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA.

GRATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed July 3, 1914. Serial No. 848,978.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMMA SHIPP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Franklin, in the parish of St. Mary and State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to grating devices, and particularly to a device for grating nutmegs, vegetables, or the like; and it has for its primary object the provision of a member having a roughened grating surface, and a holding cup or device slidable on the member and adapted to contain the object to be grated and constructed whereby it will be yieldable with relation to the grating surface to permit pressure of the hand to be applied thereto to bring the object into proper engagement with the grating sur ace.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an article of this character in which the object holder may be expeditiously filled and then freely operated by the hand over the grating surface of the device and without liability of the hand being injured during the grating operation.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure l is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section therethrough; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section therethrough.

The device comprises a member 1 curved transversely and upstruck along its convexity to provide an active roughened or grating surface 2. At the upper end the said member 1 is provided with a handle 3, which may be grasped by the hand during the grating operation. At the sides the member is stamped to provide vertical guides 4: 4 which terminate below the upper edge of said member, so that stops 5 are formed between the guides and the adjacent vertical edges of the body of the member. A holding device 6 is arranged for movement toward and from the member 1 and also for longitudinal movement thereon. Said holding device is formed from a piece of sheet metal, curved, as shown in Fig. 3 and provided at its sides with guide loops 9, which receive the guides 4 of the member 1. These guide loops enable the holding device to be moved toward and from the member 1 and also to be moved longitudinally thereon. The holding device is provided with openings around the sides of which are included extending struck up points to engage and hold a nutmeg or other object to be grated. By moving the holder back and forth on the member 1 of the grater the nutmeg or other object will be grated as will be understood. The loops 9 by permitting a relative change in the distance between the members 1 and 6 enable the nutmeg after it is grated to be kept always placed against the grater. Beyond the loops 8 the vertical sides of the device are extended at 9 and they are then looped at 10 to receive the vertical guides 4 of the member 1. The upper and lower ends of the device are closed by portions 11, which are upstruck from the body of the device as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

From the construction described it is seen that the object holder or device may be en tirely withdrawn from the member 1 and the object to be grated may be placed withing the concavity of the holder. The loop 10 at the sides of the device may be connected with the guides l of the member 1 and the holder then may be freely reciprocated over the roughened surface 2. By applying pressure of the hand against the handle of the holder to cause the body of the holder to be flexed in the direction of the roughened surface 2 the object to be grated will be positively advanced against the roughened surface of the member 1 to effect a proper grating of the object.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advan tages of this invention as claimed.

I claim 1- A grater comprising a roughened surface and provided with longitudinal guides at its sides, spaced therefrom, in combination with a holder for the material to be grated, said holder being arranged transversely across the said member, having a handle to enable it to be operated and being also provided, at its sides, with elongated Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the guide loops engaged by the said guides of the said member and thereby adapting said holder to be moved toward and from the 15 said member and thereby also reciprocafeed thereon. p

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMMA SHIPP.

Witnesses E. J. TRAsToUn, M. BEDELE.

Commissioner of Tatents,

Washington, D. G. 

